Teen Mania Ministries is an Evangelical Christian youth organization located in Garden Valley, Texas. Teen Mania focuses primarily on four key programs, with a few additional smaller endeavours.
Its primary program includes the Battle Cry Campaign and "Acquire the Fire" events, described by one writer as "a mix of pep rally, rock concert and church service," that are held in over 30 cities across the United States and Canada each year. The ministry focuses much of its energy towards its domestic and overseas mission trips, operated under the title "Global Expeditions". Teen Mania also operates a one-year-long residential leadership training program on its campus, titled the Honor Academy, aimed towards high school graduates, and college students. Teen Mania's media branch of the organization works as a separate unit, titled the "Center for Creative Media", which provides a two-year internship for students desiring to work in live events, new media, television, and audio fields of the media industry.
The ministry has faced criticism for its use of overtly militaristic symbolism, as well as techniques that have been compared as similar to military training.
Read more about Teen Mania Ministries: Mission Statement, Founder, Primary Ministries, The Campus, Canada, Memberships
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